diff --git a/examples/flow.cpp b/examples/flow.cpp
index 1877c8bc5..5c65a8ce6 100644
--- a/examples/flow.cpp
+++ b/examples/flow.cpp
@@ -155,7 +155,6 @@ try
     const PhaseUsage pu = Opm::phaseUsageFromDeck(deck);
     Opm::BlackoilOutputWriter outputWriter(cGrid,
                                            param,
-                                           deck,
                                            eclipseState,
                                            pu );
 
diff --git a/examples/flow_cp.cpp b/examples/flow_cp.cpp
index be8dd9ef8..dabea90e1 100644
--- a/examples/flow_cp.cpp
+++ b/examples/flow_cp.cpp
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ try
     grid->processEclipseFormat(deck, false, false, false, porv);
 
     const PhaseUsage pu = Opm::phaseUsageFromDeck(deck);
-    Opm::BlackoilOutputWriter outputWriter(*grid, param, deck, eclipseState, pu );
+    Opm::BlackoilOutputWriter outputWriter(*grid, param, eclipseState, pu );
 
     // Rock and fluid init
     props.reset(new BlackoilPropertiesFromDeck(deck, eclipseState,
diff --git a/opm/autodiff/SimulatorFullyImplicitBlackoilOutput.hpp b/opm/autodiff/SimulatorFullyImplicitBlackoilOutput.hpp
index a91b61fbc..74b85690d 100644
--- a/opm/autodiff/SimulatorFullyImplicitBlackoilOutput.hpp
+++ b/opm/autodiff/SimulatorFullyImplicitBlackoilOutput.hpp
@@ -187,7 +187,6 @@ namespace Opm
         template <class Grid>
         BlackoilOutputWriter(const Grid& grid,
                              const parameter::ParameterGroup& param,
-                             Opm::DeckConstPtr deck,
                              Opm::EclipseStateConstPtr eclipseState,
                              const Opm::PhaseUsage &phaseUsage);
 
@@ -236,7 +235,6 @@ namespace Opm
     BlackoilOutputWriter::
     BlackoilOutputWriter(const Grid& grid,
                          const parameter::ParameterGroup& param,
-                         Opm::DeckConstPtr deck,
                          Opm::EclipseStateConstPtr eclipseState,
                          const Opm::PhaseUsage &phaseUsage )
       : output_( param.getDefault("output", true) ),
@@ -248,7 +246,7 @@ namespace Opm
         matlabWriter_( output_ && param.getDefault("output_matlab", false) ?
                      new BlackoilMatlabWriter< Grid >( grid, outputDir_ ) : 0 ),
         eclWriter_( output_ && param.getDefault("output_ecl", true) ?
-                    new EclipseWriter(param, deck, eclipseState, phaseUsage,
+                    new EclipseWriter(param, eclipseState, phaseUsage,
                                       Opm::UgGridHelpers::numCells( grid ),
                                       Opm::UgGridHelpers::globalCell( grid ) )
                    : 0 )